Happy Birthday To Me

Little Ms Adorable Lindsie

From my beautiful and adorable niece…a Happy Birthday wish!

1750 days ago | what can I say I'm just too cute!


A Tribute to Trey

David Bruce Trey Schleiden, III

David Bruce “Trey” Schleiden, III (1991-2006) was killed on Monday November 20, 2006. A life too short for my second cousin. He was riding his skateboard when he was hit by a 19 year old driver.
Trey never had the easiest life, but he always had a smile about him. Even as a baby I can remember holding him knowing this was a special kid. I had the opportunity to talk to him two summers ago about his recent commitment to the Lord. He talked about how he was going to a great youth group and had just returned from a missions trip out west. So we have hope that Trey is in Heaven and frankly I’m a little jealous he gets to see Grandpa Schleiden first.
Trey was the middle of three kids from my Cousin David Jr. He leaves behind his older sister Amanda & younger brother Ryan. I loved to watch him and Ryan together as he always looked out for Ryan and at times practically raised him. He loved being with his little cousins and around family. I always cherished the times with Trey because they were always too short. Trey I’ll miss you buddy. We’ll see you soon.

“And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. We tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

1902 days ago | comment [11]


Halloween

Jack is Smirking
I know it’s been a while since I’ve done any writing. Let’s be honest there are like 5 people who read this site and they haven’t been missing much. Moving on…we had a Halloween costume party today at work that I did not dress up for, however I killed an hour or so. A handful of my co-works did. They seemed to feel awkward and self conscience…I did not. There was a Pirate and the guy from A Clockwork Orange (apparently it was some 70’s movie that was all the rage, but a bit freakalicious). Any who just wanted to say Happy Halloween.

1924 days ago | trick er' treat?


The Coup

A coup is not entertaining
I came across this quote today and I had to post it. Definitely a Quote of the day!

“People should differentiate between entertainment and seriousness. A coup is not entertaining” Colonel Acra Tiprote – Bangkok, Thailand

How true that is.

1957 days ago | is your coup entertaining? [3]


Pain in the Neck

Need a brace?
Literally…I have a pain in my neck. A sprain to be exact. Yup that’s right, the first football injury of the year. I decided to play in a flag football league this year with some buddies of mine. First game of the season I hurt myself. We were down by 14, last play of the game I went up for a hail mary and when I came down I must have landed funny on my neck. Not immediate pain, but by the time I got home I couldn’t move my neck. I’ve had a history of neck “issues” (mostly sports related…you know when I try to hoodwink myself into thinking I’m a pro…). So it’s back to the chiropractor for me. Dr Canzano is working her magic, but the recovery is always slow and painful. Trying to make a long story longer…I decided I needed to buy myself a brace for when I return to the field. So I purchased a Thermoskin Long Neck Brace, but when I recieved it my wife thought it looked more like a used pair of Lederhosen than a neck brace. But the best part is the picture above that came in the package. If you have to wear all of the braces that Thermoskin makes you might want to rethink the things you are involved in…

1966 days ago | are you a pain in the neck? [4]


Lone Scooter Man

Mr Scooter making his stops.
I’m sitting at work minding my own business, concentrating on the work ahead of me. But something catches my attention. A strange whirring sound, growing louder by the second. It’s not obnoxiously loud, it’s more soft than anything, but growing in intensity. Then I see it. A grown man speeding down our hallway on an electric scooter. He stops off at a cube just down the row for a quick chat and just like that he’s off. Gone as if he was never here. That my friends is bizzaro…

ps: the kick stand comes standard.

1980 days ago | can I ride your scooter mister? [4]


Work Place Reading

so I captivated the guy who captivated a thousand guys. Can you believe that? A thousand guys.
My favorite pals over at The Office are demonstrating acceptable reading technique in the work place there on the left. What is NOT acceptable reading technique in the work place: seeing a man walk out of the restroom, just before you walk in, while holding a “Secrets of SQL” book. Clearly once inside the restroom you realize he didn’t just bring that book in on accident, no no it was his preferred reading material while dropping the kids off at the pool.

Note to Self: Never, NEVER ever under any circumstances barrow the “Secrets of SQL”.

1992 days ago | discount book sale! [2]


Unexpected Office Humor

The dark, dungeonous hallway where it all went down
I decided this afternoon that I would drop by my buddy Peter’s desk just down the way from me. Peter is another contractor from BC and we work on the same team together. His cube is down this dark, rarely traveled hallway that leads to the back of the building (see above picture). So I was over there chewin the fat with Peter when all the sudden I hear this crashing noise. Not like the crashing of a car…more like the crashing of a person. I look down the hallway (see above picture) and see these legs sticking out of a doorway, which is almost obstructed because of two very oversized boxes. As the picture develops before my eyes I realize that this nice lady carrying the aforementioned oversized boxes has fallen down the stairs and created quite the commotion. My first instinct was to wonder if she was okay (clearly you can see how far a walk it would be to ask if she is okay and of course I can tell she’s visibly embarrassed) and then I heard her giggling…I don’t know maybe it was shriking screams of shear, child-birthing pain, but I really think it was giggling. Yeah it was giggling.

1998 days ago | did you hear something? [2]


Beach Funnies

I love the elderly!
As I promised yesterday for my three to five readers I have some funny stories from the beach. I’m sure you recall that the wife and I were down in the Outer Banks, NC with the in-laws for some much needed time away. On this particular late morning I had just changed into my bathing suit for a long, hard day of laying on the beach. The house is a three level townhouse. The first set of stairs takes you up from the garage to the middle floor where the two main bedrooms are. As I walk out of the back bedroom I notice this elderly lady coming up the first set of stairs. I do a quick mental checklist of elderly ladies I know at this beach and realize I have no idea who this woman is. She sees me, stops dead in her tracks like deer in the headlights, looks around puzzled then proclaims…”I’m in the wrong house”. Of course my response is “why yes you are”. Then she must of had a fleeting moment of trying to regain her former intellect as she quizzes me on the house…including “well this is I-3”, ummm no sorry it’s not, “well I could have sworn…” it’s okay, you have a happy and a healthy. Needless to say we all had a good chuckle about the mishap. I saw the lady again later in the week and she immediately walked in the opposite direction. I just have that effect on some folks…

1999 days ago | are there strange old women walking into your house? [6]


A Long Summers Slumber

Yeah that's not me surfing yyaawwnn! Phew that was quite a nap. So I’m sure all three to five of my readers are wondering where I have been all summer long. I will start by responding to zut toe: this site is like fine wine…the longer it sits, the better it tastes. Oh who am I kidding this site isn’t wine and I don’t even know who this mystery commenter is. What I do know is that I have enjoyed my summer. Mostly the vacation(s) part of it. The wife and I just returned from the Outer Banks, NC. The in-laws have a place down there and we were spending time with them, aunt & uncle in-law and friends. Good times had by all. I would say that this vacation was very memorable for many different reasons. One of the biggest reasons was the fact that I was able to fulfill a life long dream of mine to learn how to surf. That’s right I hung ten (okay I didn’t technically hang my ten toes over the front of the board, but I figured I would throw that in there). Albeit brief, but it still counts. Thus has started my latest campaign of becoming a world class pro-surfer and living off the fruits of my surfing abilities. Of course I have endured such insults as “your too old” and “your just too old” and “I think your past your prime”. Standard fair if you ask me. Sure I have some work to do, but I’m committed from the chair in my cube to the surfing sites I surf. So perhaps in the next couple of days if I am motivated I will share some funny stories from this past week at the beach.

Here are just a few of the key ingredients: dynamite, pole vaulting, laughing gas, choppers – can you see how incredible this is going to be? – hang gliding, come on!

2000 days ago | surfs up!